May Week Three

This week we took the opportunity to practice different conditional tenses: Zero Conditional, 1st Conditional, 2nd Conditional, etc.

You can test your command and knowledge about different conditional tenses at GrammarQuizzes.com.

Listening:
Learners can try a listening article called A perfect day: second conditional from ESOL Nexus or a video from BBC English about Second Conditional

For original version, try listening to an episode of the podcast What I Wish I Had Known.

Reading:
Learners can try a reading comprehension activity called If I Won the Lottery. Or a downloadable PDF text with exercises and key.

For original version, try an article entitled:This Is the Biggest Regret in Life Most People Have from MSN.com

Writing:
It's time to put some of the conditional tenses into practice with some writing.

Writing Prompt: The first conditional is used to talk or write about real possibilities in the future. Review the rules for using first conditionals. Then pretend you are a parent who wants his or her kids to be behave for their grandparents on the weekend. Write a note to your kids. Offer some bribes for good behaviour.

Writing Prompt: In English we use the third conditional to talk about something in the past that did not happen. There is no possibility for this thing to come true because the past already happened. The result is also impossible because the past is in the past. Review the structure of the third conditional. Then demonstrate your understanding of how to use this structure by writing a paragraph staring with the phrase “If I had known…”.

Best,
Kelly